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Eucereon leucophaea

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ15636868 ↗
Source-derived summary

Eucereon leucophaea is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Its status is not considered threatened.

References

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

Editorial summary

“Eucereon leucophaea” enters the record as species of insect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Eucereon, leucophaea and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1855—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Eucereon, leucophaea and species.
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Why this record matters

“Eucereon leucophaea” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Eucereon, leucophaea and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15636868. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1855.

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Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Eucereon leucophaea” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.